Previous articles have talked about developing a safety culture and companies that make safety a priority.  Now you can take the safety challenge and let us know where your safety program stands.
 
TAKE THE 10 QUESTION ZERO SAFETY CHALLENGE 
1. Does your organization view safety and health programs as an employee benefit?
YES_____  NO_____

2. Does your management expect safety officers and committees to tell them what to do, but demonstrate no leadership?
YES____  NO_____

3. Do your organization’s employees believe management’s concern for production outweighs its concern for worker safety?
YES_____  NO_____

4. Is production viewed as “Number One?”
YES_____  NO_____

5. Do your employees feel that safety is someone else’s responsibility?
YES_____ NO______

6. Is your safety professional the only one responsible for safety performance and enforcement of rules?
YES_____  NO_____

7. Are your supervisors the only one held accountable for safety performances?
YES_____  NO_____

8. Do your supervisors violate safety rules?
YES____  NO_____

9. Does your management measure safety performance primarily as a line item?
YES_____  NO_____

10. Does your organization panic or react negatively when faced with a new OSHA or EPA standard?
YES_____  NO_____

Score 0 points for every NO answer and 2 points for every Yes answer.
0-6 = Excellent Safety Cultural
7-10 = Need to work to improve cultural
11+ = Need Safety Management Training